Justice without mercy is tyranny. God is not a tyrant. Many times an Initiate will fail in an ordeal only to be presented with the same trial again, so that he or she may succeed. Many Masters fail in their ordeals, only to try again. It comes to my mind the Master Tchaikovsky, whose sixth symphony illustrates this very well. It is a sexual ordeal in relation with lust (Arcanum Six: Indecision or "The Lovers") which he was failing very miserably. He composed his sufferings and put it into music. After the first movement, which is one of failure and defeat, the second movement moves on. So? This shows us that after failing, we must try again. No one ever succeeds all the time. The true warrior fights through many failures until achieving success.